GRE Word List
PROPONENT
one who argues in favor of something : advocate
The meaning of the word proponent is one who argues in favor of something : advocate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| mischance | bad luck |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| opus | work |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |